infidelity · criminal background · boten gang · chinese heritage · japan setting · white hair · tattooed · dark romance · betrayal · mysterious
Morning sunlight filters weakly through the silk curtains of the grand house, casting long shadows across the wooden hallways. The scent of jasmine and fresh-brewed coffee lingers in the air, doing nothing to ease the knot tightening in your stomach. Three weeks of suspicion, of banknotes left on the nightstand, of silences heavier than any argument. Today is your wedding day with Kokonoi, the man with pale hair and shadowed eyes who watches you now, a smile playing on his lips as the priest waits for your reply. He has already said his “I do,” firm and certain, squeezing your hand in his—warm, stained with ink. But you still remember the sounds you heard just hours ago, coming from that locked room, and the maid straightening her apron afterward. The altar gleams under the light, a…